#Korean BL

[hantaebaram]

Here's what's going on. One, Jeong Gi Seop came to my place. Two, he's garbage. Three, I... like him.

BOYS BE BRAVE! (2024) dir. Lim Hyun Hee

#boys be brave! #boys be brave the series #고백을 못하고 #kdrama #kbl #korean bl #*edits #1.01

[heretherebedork]

Honestly, this is why these two are kind of doomed. If one person constantly makes everything simple while the other thinks everything is more complex... that can seriously hinder communication.

The way they're both so hurt and so aching and so broken and practically screaming inside because one wants a home and the other simply doesn't know how to be a home, how to have a home and they both came from fucked up people who hurt them and broke them and one has no future and the other only thinks of the future and they shatter on each other, they hurt each other, and they cannot come together in the end because neither of them knows how to do this no matter how they love.

(This show needed one more episode as an epilogue to give them a better ending but that's me and my need for happy endings speaking.

#gray shelter #korean bl #kbl #bl drama #bl series #asianlgbtqdramas #asian lgbtq dramas

[fuzzykittydinosaur]

Blue Boys A short kbl by SukiFilm, there are currently two episodes on YouTube. It's like 7 episodes worth of plot squeezed into 10 minutes but these two have electrifying chemistry. What I'd give to watch the uncut versions.

#blue boys bl #bl series #bl drama #blue boys #kbl #kdrama #korean bl

[dropthedemiurge]

Okay so while most of ongoing BLs come to an end and anticipated new GMMTV projects only started production, guys, make sure to check out LOVE FOR LOVE'S SAKE. I'm begging you, it's so good and it's underrated as hell.

It only has 8 episodes and the story is both soft and fun - and also deep and meaningful. The chemistry is amazing and dialogues are chef's kiss. Also Korean cinematography here is by levels better than Thai one. Just dive into it without any spoilers (!) and watch right till the end! And then you'll probably want to rewatch it because the hidden details unravel itself beautifully in the ending.

It's about second chances, about finding your love in another reality, about being kind and accepting love in return. It's also about little happiness in the shape of an ice cream, about standing up against homophobic bullies with sickest burns, about family - found and not, about running through time and space to your happiness because you're endlessly tired but you still have hope and don't want to give up.

I don't want to spoil anything. This show was released in 2 weeks and that's why it slipped the tumblr community's eyes but trust me when I say it'll be easily on top of my favourite BLs in 2024. I'd love to see any other series come close.

Just take a leap of faith and dive deep in Love for Love's Sake (Love Supremacy Zone)<3

Bonus: one dude in this show straight up embraced his new sexual orientation and was coming out on the spot only so he can punch another dude for saying slurs. What a king.

#me and my never ending hyperfixation is back #love for love's sake #love supremacy zone #korean bl #kbl #dropthemeta #dropthemeta lfls #love for love's sake comments

[bengiyo]

Boys Be Brave Eps 1 & 2 Stray Thoughts

I've been anticipating this one. Roommates romance from the director of Our Dating Sim.

Episode 1: Anxious to Say I Like You

Interesting. We're starting at Christmas.

Oh boy, our protagonist is a perfectionist who has convinced himself he's single purely by choice.

Hold on. I'm with Kim Jin Woo on this rush home and freakout if Jeong Gi Seop is squatting. What's with the flashes of cute photos? Do they know each other well?

Oh, I see. Kim Jin Woo is gay for Jeong Gi Seop and hasn't said anything before.

So, Jeong Gi Seop is definitely a squatter, but just crashing with an old friend for a month before a major move is far more reasonable.

Damn, this guy lacks a real appreciation for how his blasé attitude impacts people he's with.

Curious. How has Jeong Gi Seop knowing Kim Jin Woo likes him affected his previous behavior as a player?

Oh ho! Jeong Gi Seop just said it out loud!

I'm glad Kim Jin Woo didn't lie, and am glad we're moving quickly. I gotta know what Jeong Gi Seop wants out of this, because he seems flaky from Jin Woo's perspective when it comes to romances.

Episode 2: Finding Your Type

Viki is getting on my nerves. Making me put in my PIN because this is rated R means they better do more than just be pretty and smile at each other in this.

Oh, good! We're going to explore the interiority of Jeong Gi Seop and why he says yes to everyone.

Okay! He's drawn to Kim Jin Woo's isolationist nature and ability to say no all the time. I appreciate that he could see Kim Jin Woo mooning over him the whole time, and was curious why he wouldn't say no. Still, as a formerly closeted person, I have a lot of easy answers to that, which may place this show in the bubble.

Kim Jin Woo said he's not like other girls. 🙄

He let that man be cold all night because he thought he was lying. I feel you on having someone barrel past your boundaries, Jin Woo, but we can't be that bad of a host. Once you let him stay you had to do your best for basic comfort.

Gi Seop, how have you made friends this whole time?

Don't read that man's diary!!

What sort of agreement can these two make when Gi Seop keeps ignoring Jin Woo saying no?

Incredible. This Ji In Ho guy shows up at the very end to initiate his own rushing past lines plot as well.

I am intrigued! This started off differently from what I expected, but I'm excited to see what this show pulls out of these two boys on opposite ends of the spectrum. I will have to do some thinking about Kim Jin Woo, because I panicked for a bit with him when Gi Seop called out that Jin Woo liked him.

#Ben watches #boys be brave #korean bl #bl series

[he-is-lightning-in-a-bottle]

What are THOSE?

The most mysterious thing to me about Ep 1 of Boys Be Brave is Gi Seop's rubber bathhouse slippers. They're the kind of sandals you use for free in saunas and pay like a dollar for from a random street stall. It's freezing cold and he's wearing layers of clothing paired with the world's cheapest sandals! Furthermore, they're the kind of sandals people associate with filth because you wear them in bathrooms. They are meant to be worn in bathrooms and ONLY in bathrooms so that you don't track bathroom scum through the rest of your home. And funds are not the issue because he bought TWO pairs of actual shoes for his friends. So what is my dude THINKING? Is this a sign of his general lack of self care? Is he treating HIMSELF like the trash everyone keeps saying he is??

I'm so curious y'all. This show better answer my question!

They're even in the opening title animated credits!! Right next to the red shoes he just bought Jin Woo.

And with all the attention paid to shoes in the opening scene of the first episode as the camera tracked all the couples by their matching shoes, I'm starting to wonder if at some point in the future Gi Seop will start wearing more appropriate shoes. (And if those shoes will match Jin Woo's.) And if that'll symbolize him finally valuing himself enough to draw boundaries and say no to people.

@absolutebl and @respectthepetty this strikes me as exactly the kind of burgeoning visual metaphor you may enjoy!

#boys be brave #boys be brave the series #korean bl #kdrama #asian gay dramas #visual storytelling #maybe idk

[buriedinmyownfeelings]

Important milestone

I’ve apparently watched 200 BL dramas not including ones I DNFed

This is officially my life now

#bl drama #yes I counted #i was curious #we’re talking all the countries #korean bl #thai boys love #japanese bl #chinese bl #taiwanese bl #filipino bl #I’ve watched them all #i’ve fallen and i can’t get up #so many pretty men #so little time #this is a serious problem #but is it #I’m undecided

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

Holding hands

#them holding hands is my new roman empire #love for love's sake #love for love's sake the series #myungha x yeowoon #cha yeowoon #tae myungha #korean bl #korean drama #korean series #kbl #bl drama #bl series #myedit #queer drama #queer series #lgbtqia+

[25shadesoffebruary]

#love for love's sake #love for love's sake ep 4 #korean bl #bl series #Tae vin lee #Min su oh #asianlgbtqdramas #asian lgbtq dramas #25shadesedit #kbl #korean drama #Joo-wan cha #userspicy #userjap #esmetracks #i don't think yall understand how bad i want this to become poly

[kexing]

Song Han Gyeom as Seo Do Yoon in Jazz For Two (2024)

aka

#jazz for two #jazz for two the series #song hangyeom #seo do yoon #omega x #korean bl #kbl #mjblr #vlada’s post summed me up

[happypotato48]

This Is A Gay Asian Rant About BL Comments Made By Some Queer Westerners I See Sometimes.

So you know of those gays (usually white) that made dumb tiktok dancing to list of countries that legalized same sex marriage and list of countries that discriminate against LGBTQIA+ poeple as a way to say something racist. yeah i kinda got the same vibes from some comments regard how asian BL is homophobic just cause they don't live up to queer western standard. look, i'm not saying that some BLs and their creators don't deserve criticism regard how they capitalized/exploited queerness for an easy cash grab.

But people need to understand that Asian countries despite recent progress are still very much culturally conservatives. so when people says that thai bl is homophobic and all the characters looks like bunch of straight guys, which is true for some olders thai BLs i'm not gonna denied that. but after all this time and newer BLs generally being very queer and most of creators being out queer themself and poeple still making these comments, i'm annoyed.

And don't get me start on the actors. you don't know them! why are you making assumption and calling them queerbaiter just cause they acts in bl. like maybe they're straight, maybe they're not but what they're definitely doing is making queer content for you know, queer people here. so when you made halfass comments about their sexuality what do you think that made other queer people who still in the closet feels. and when you add the nationality to that, "these thai bl pair are this and that, this korean actor is so ungrateful for his bl past", etc. when our societies are still very much still in progress regard LGBTQIA+ acceptance. it make us living here feels fucking awful like somehow we're lesser queer than people in the west just cause we don't have citibank at pride or some shit.

And the shittiest in my humbled opinion are comments regard censored chinese bls. people do know like, that the creators making these bls are risking their livelihoods for this. that these shows getting make at all are miracles. yes it sucked that they're censored but they're still very much queer shows making by queer people who want to express thier queerness despite the chinese government being the chinese government. when people dimissing these shows as not belonging in queer media, you're also dimissing their creators and audiences as not belonging in the community.

Look what i want to say is that we're trying our best over here, and maybe our best are not up to your liking. the ways we talk and express our queerness maybe still can be perceived as problematic by western queer standard. but these media are our house and you're the guests. for people aren't shitty we appreciated that you're here engaging and loving our media, this is your home too and you're welcome in it. i can speak for myself that i very much love being here on tumblr and interacting with people from all over the world who love BL. but for people who are being shitty sometimes about asian bl.

YOU'RE THE GUESTS, BEHAVE!

#bl drama #thai bl #asian lgbtq dramas #personal rant #dumb boy rambled #japanese bl #taiwanese bl #korean bl #asian ql #asian bl series #asian bl dramas #ql dramas #bl fandom #ql meta #queer media #just fandom things #fandom #chinese bl

[heretherebedork]

Are you really sick? I didn't realize the window really didn't close. Do you have a fever? I don't know.

#boys be brave #boys be brave! #jin woo x ki sub #jin woo x gi seop #korean bl #kbl #korean bl drama #korean bl series #korean drama #kdrama #bl drama #bl series #asianlgbtqdramas #asian lgbtq dramas

[guzhufuren]

Love for Love's Sake + text posts (pt. 1/5)

bonus:

#love for love's sake #love supremacy zone #lfls text post meme #myungwoon #myungha x yeowoon #myung ha x yeo woon #lflsedit #kbl #korean bl #x text posts #mygifs #mine #userspicy #mjtag #userblmpff

[dropthedemiurge]

Gray Shelter just broke my heart and not in a bad way (woah). The series kept the melancholic suffocating feeling until the end, and once again I am very surprised by such unusual dialogues and characters.

"It's the hardest situation for me in my entire life. The fact that I'm your home."

The final episode took us through the rollercoaster, heartbreak and gave us hope at the same time. AND AFTER ALL THE STRESS they showed the bloopers of the guys breaking characters and laughing. I want to strangle someone (affectionately)

"Let's have a dinner."

"I'll wait for you."

But they need that goddamn second season. I'm not ready to let Soohyuk and Yoondae go :') (even tho I still have a strong feeling they should've switched characters, like it's so hard to keep remembering Yoondae is actually a younger brother when he's played by such a huge himbo xD)

Might scream about final episode (and a tiny bit about translation) in another post if anyone cares

#gray shelter #gray current #korean bl #kbl #bl series #yoongdae x soohyuk #grey shelter

[thasorns]

JAZZ FOR TWO 재즈처럼 (2024) dir. Song Soo Lim & Kang Hye Rim

#jazz for two #jazz for two the series #ji ho geun #kim jin kwon #song hangyeom #boyslovesource #kdramaedit #korean bl #userlinnea #esmetracks #zeystuff #gif: jft #Taeyi dskfjhsj how Doyoon yeets him out of the way #habit to post in the middle of the night #*500

[rayandgay]

semantic error x pit babe -> hyung and lung negotiations

#semantic error #pit babe the series #pit babe #pitbabeedit #alanjeff #bl drama #bl series #bledit #thai drama #thai bl #kbl #korean bl #korean bl drama #asianlgbtqdramas #asiandramasource #asiandramaedit #asiandramanet #boyslovesource #dailyasiandramas #love these fools all 4 of them #my gifs